LOL: Reborn in Season 3, Taming Lee Sang-hyeok

"SKT Faker kills CJ Ambition!"

News of the kill spread throughout the entire arena.

At that moment, the audience fell completely silent.

The OGN live stream chat was also filled with questions.

There is a key difference between OGN and NLB matches – the audience comes with a specific goal.

In today's match, the audience was undoubtedly mostly fans of the CJ championship team.

The same applies to viewers in the live stream.

Even if Li Zhixing, as an individual self-media personality, reaches the top, his fan base can never compare to that of a league champion team.

Supporters want to see the champion team crush the arrogant challengers with overwhelming force.

But the final result was far beyond their expectations.

The top laner Rumble without Flash became a burden to the whole team, while the bottom laner was crippled due to tower diving. The situation in the top and bottom lanes vividly demonstrated the difference in jungler strength.

The situation in the mid lane was even more outrageous; he was directly tower-dived and solo-killed!

Within the first six minutes, all four lanes were at a disadvantage!

Why does it feel like... CJ is no different from the other NLB teams in front of RISE?

At this moment, Li Zhixing, sitting on the RISE player's bench, looked at the situation before him with a satisfied smile on his face.

That's more like it.

Li Zhixing didn't care what kind of bullshit champion CJ was; he only trusted his own judgment.

Teams in this era simply lack skill.

Even the champions are no exception; RISE has no reason to lose, not even a single game.

With the mid and bottom laners securing their kills, the situation fell into RISE's control.

In the bottom lane, Kim Hyuk-kyu already had an advantage in the laning phase, and now after diving the tower, his advantage has increased significantly. He immediately entered a period of dominance and it looks like he's about to take down CJ's bottom lane tower.

In the mid lane, Lee Sang-hyeok is even more of a threat; he's the type who gets a solo kill once and then acts like he's going to hog the kill.

The Leopard Woman wielded the Explorer's Armguard in her left hand and the Goddess's Tear in her right. She would heal herself whenever she was low on health. The Master An couldn't damage her or outlast her. After several rounds, he even had difficulty finishing her off!

Where is CJ's jungler?

The jungler is still in the top lane.

CJ's jungler, CloudTemplar, was extremely anxious.

He absolutely cannot leave before Rumble flashes back to full health.

But to his utter surprise, his teammates couldn't even last five minutes of Flash cooldown!

But what he didn't expect was that even so, the top lane still couldn't be protected...

At 7 minutes and 20 seconds, Rumble flashed in the last half minute.

Li Zhixing's blind monk arrived late but made a surprise attack from the river.

The prince started with EQ combo, then used his ultimate on Rumble's head who didn't have Flash.

But in that instant, CJ's counterattack came swiftly. Sejuani was in the bush next to the lane, and her ultimate froze Jarvan IV. Then she used her Q to knock him in and deliver a series of crowd control.

Then came Rumble's RQ scorching, continuously lowering the prince's health bar.

But immediately afterward, Li Zhixing used a W-shaped "Golden Bell Shield" to reach the prince's side and join the battle.

And once he makes a move, it's as powerful as thunder!

"One warehouse!"

Lee Sin delivered a powerful kick to Sejuani, and at the same time, a flash of golden light appeared as he adjusted his direction.

Sejuani rammed into Rumble, who had no Flash, and then flew backwards out of Jarvan IV's circle.

Li Zhixing then landed a Q on Rumble, and instantly unleashed three instances of damage with AEQ to finish him off!

CloudTemplar managed to defend the top lane for over three minutes, but ultimately failed to hold it, even after the bottom lane collapsed.

The camera then cuts to CJ's jungle, where Nidalee, after pushing the lane, enters the jungle and devours all the jungle monsters in CloudTemplar.

Ambition's Kha'Zix watched from the sidelines, already reduced to below half health, and didn't even dare to attack the isolated and helpless Nidalee.

In CJ's player bench, everyone remained silent.

Because they all knew that the situation had reached a point where it was irreversible.

Not only is there a large economic gap, but the gap in mindset is even greater.

Next, RISE proceeded methodically, first controlling the dragon, then pushing down the bottom lane tower, and then launching a suffocating vision control campaign.

During the NLB finals, RISE faced a predicament where their vision control tactics were figured out and countered by SKT. In the end, they opted to focus on their mid and jungle to break the deadlock.

Since then, Li Zhixing has intensified his training in vision and added a lot of training in vision-based game theory.

Even if we face SKT again, our previous vision control will ensure a stable performance.

But... to everyone's surprise, CJ had absolutely no understanding of their vision tactics.

Even the initial version of the compression approach was perfectly adequate.

Invading, clearing wards, counter-jungling, ganking – RISE's players were adept at these tactics, completely sealing off the bottom half of the map. Furthermore, by controlling vision in the bottom half, they successively destroyed the mid-lane turret and the bottom-lane turret.

When the time reached fifteen minutes, the economic difference between the two sides had already reached six thousand.

And just then, more good news came from the upper route!

Lee Sang-hyeok's Nidalee emerged from the river, her target Rumble who was split pushing and stealing towers.

Rumble activated his W to accelerate and swayed back and forth, trying to dodge the javelin, but unexpectedly, Lee Sang-hyeok didn't use his Q at all, but just walked up to his face and chased after him with auto-attacks.

When Rumble finally couldn't hold back and came close to Red Temperature to counterattack, he quickly unleashed his QEREQ combo, easily securing the kill thanks to his economic advantage!

"Sang-hyeok is so handsome!"

"Another solo kill!"

"It feels like Sang-hyeok is always getting solo kills!"

Lee Sang-hyeok is a strange guy. He rarely participates in team coordination, and he doesn't call for the jungler to gank in the early game. He just focuses on solo killing one opponent after another...

Listening to his teammates' praise, Sang-hyeok remained silent, but with a swift move, he single-handedly destroyed CJ's top lane tower, widening the gold difference to eight thousand.

Having reached this point, the outcome is naturally no longer in doubt.

Twenty minutes later, a team fight broke out at Baron Nashor.

After RISE used Baron Nashor as bait to lure CJ into the river, a thunderous team fight quickly broke out!

The Prince is an unstoppable initiator. He can use EQ to enter the fray, unleash his ultimate, and activate his Golden Aegis, making him a god of war in the midst of the enemy team!

Kim Hyuk-kyu's Caitlyn, taking advantage of Morgana's magic shield and Nidalee's attack speed buff, chased after her and unleashed a barrage of shots, dealing tons of damage.

Ambition's Kha'Zix stealthily entered the fray, intending to coordinate with Sejuani and Thresh's jungle and support to cut through the backline, but both were either kicked away by Lee Sin or caught by Morgana's Q, offering no help whatsoever.

The next second, the leopard girl bit and was shot in the head, and Ambition became the first victim of the team fight.

And it's not over yet.

Sejuani, who had been kicked away, flew backward and crashed into Rumble again.

Li Zhixing landed a Q on Rumble, then followed up with a second Q to get close, auto-attack, and then E to secure the kill!

The Nidalee and the policewoman were still working together to easily finish off Thresh in the face.

Looper's low-health Prince didn't back down at all. He used another EQ combo and knocked Varus away before dying, making his final contribution.

Li Zhixing landed a Q, and just as the second Q was about to hit Varus's face, Nidalee's javelin struck, instantly wiping out half of Varus's remaining health.

Of the four CJ members, only Pig Girl survived and escaped thousands of miles away.

With Sejuani alive, taking down Baron Nashor was a potential threat, so Li Zhixing simply made a bold move and chose to push forward in one wave.

It's only been a little over twenty minutes, so the respawn time isn't long. Fortunately, Li Zhixing has always been good at managing his minions, and he had already cleared the minion wave before starting the dragon.

At this moment, the top lane minions surged forward and reached CJ's high ground.

The two players from the top and middle classes teleported down simultaneously and destroyed CJ's high ground in a few swift moves.

CJ's five players couldn't bear to see their base destroyed, so they surrendered with four votes, ending the match.